[TYPO3] link code changing

[Dmitry Dulepov [typo3]]

Btw, hello! ;)

Christopher wrote:
> I have a user who is putting in href  link into the code version of the
> WYSIWYG and when saved, it returns a yellow box with red outline.  Returning
> to the code view, TYPO3 has changed some of the carrots to &lt, and the
> ampersand was changed to &amp.  Why is this happening?

Because links in HTML may not have & and < characters. They must be escaped according to HTML specification.

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